Bedstead-fastening.



Patented luly 15, I902.

S E N 0 J H B Z 0 4 vnu 7 0 BEDSTEAD FASTENING.

7 (Application filed Jan; 20, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. JONES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SMITHdt DAVIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

BEDS'TEAD-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,702, dated July 15, 1902. Application filed January 20, 1902. Serial No. 90,536. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Referring now more particularly to the Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. JONES, a drawings, 1 represents the socket member of citizen of the United States, residing at the the present fastening, said member having a city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invertical opening 2 through the same for the vented a certain new and useful Improvereception ofabedpostA. Between the upper 55 ment in Bedstead-Fastenings, of which the and lower plates 3 and 4 is a socket 5, which following is a full, clear, and exact descripopens upon the end face of the said socket tion, such as will enable others skilled in the member, and each of said plates is provided art to which it appertains to make and use with a vertical opening 6 7, said openings the same, reference being hadto the accombeing substantially in vertical alinement and 60 panying drawings, forming part of this speciextending through the respective plates and fication, in whichopening into the said socket- Figure l is a perspective view of the socks The bracket-member 8 has an angle portion memberof myfastening, the samebeing illus- 9, by means of which said member can be I 5 trated as applied to a post. Fig. 2 is a per-' readily secured upon aside rail B, of the cus- 6 5 spective view of the side-rail-bracket member tomaryangul'ar form, and a log 10 extends of the fastening, a portion of a side rail being longitudinally at the free end of the bracketindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 isa perspec- '5. a, the end not attached to the side rail. tive view of the wedge-key and of the pin This lug is adapted to snugly fit the socket 5, so which extends transverselyin the end ofsaid and when the parts are assembled the verti- 70 key, the key being as it appears before the pin cal bracket-plate ll fits tightly against the is secured in position upon the same. Fig. l is vertical face of the socket member, as shown a top plan view, partly in section, on the line in Fig. 5. Thesaid lug has a vertical open- 4 a of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal ing 12 extending through thesame, and when sectional elevation, the keybeing shown in the'parts are assembled this opening and the 75 side elevation and the bedpost being indiopenings 6 and 7 are substantially in line, cated in dotted linesg-and Fig. 6 is a transwhereby a headed wedge-key 13 can be inverse sectional elevation. serted through all of said openings. The Myinvention relates to bedstead-fastenings opposite sides of this key engage the socket 0 and the like, and is particularly applicable to member and lug, respectively, whereby as 80 fastenings for securing together the end the keyis forced home the twofastening memframes and side railsof metallic bedsteads. bers are drawn tightly together. The key One object of myinvention istosoconstruet being inserted from the upper side of the the parts of the fastening that no spreading socket member it will be apparent that if the is possible, and thus liability of the parts key works at all from its initial position it 8 working loose is avoided. will only more firmly seat itself.

A further object is to provide a key which A pin 14, secured to the key at its outer or is not detachable and works more tightly into non-headed end, extends transverse the key position'rather than otherwise. and projects beyond the sides thereof, and the 40 A further object is to provide afastening of openings 7 and 12 are of sufficient length to 0 such a structure that the side rails can be repermit the passage of said key and pin. The versed, the socket member can be chilled upper portion of the opening 6 is of a size to about the bedpost, and the side rails will fit permit movement of the key .through the squarely in position, this last-mentioned feasame, but/is too small to permit the passage ture being particularly desirable when the of the said projecting pin. The lower portion 5 mattress is fastened to the side rails. of said opening 6 is, however, elongated to To these ends and also to improve genermake the same substantially the length of the ally upon devices of the character indicated, openings 7 and 12. Thus the key, with its my invention consists in the various matters pin, can be raised sufficiently to cause the hereinafter described and claimed. key to clear the lug 10; but the shoulders 15 Ice of the socket member prevent complete withdrawal of said key. The key is preferably split at its outer end, as at 16, to provide for the reception of the pin 14, and the key end is then pinched about the pin in order to retain the latter in place.

It is to be noted that the openings 6 and 7 do not open upon a face of the socket member, but have walls upon all of their sides. Therefore there is no possibility of spreading of the portions of the socket member at the sides of said openings, and danger of the parts thus becoming loose and rattling or not setting firmly is avoided.

The present structure is simple, economical, and firm, and the key or securing member is so connected to the socket member that it has all necessary movement, but is prevented from unnecessary separation therefrom. versed end for end in a well-known manner, the bracket being in Fig. 5 shown in full lines in the position in which it rests when the side rail is in one position and being shown in dotted lines in the position in which it rests when the side rail is reversed.

I am aware that minor changes in the arrangement, construction, and combination of the several parts of my fastening can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Furthermore, the side rails can be re- 1. A bedstead-fastening or the like comprising a socket member having a socket and an opening through one of its plates and opening into said socket, a bracket member having a part adapted to enter said socket, said part having an opening which, when the said members are assembled, lies in substantial alinement with said opening in said socket member, a key movable in said openings and adapted to secure said fastening members together, and a lateral projection upon said key, the opening in said bracket-member part and the portion of said socket-member opening adjacent said socket being sufficiently large to permit passage of said key and said projection, and the said opening in the said socket member having a contracted portion to pre- Vent passage of said key and projection substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead-fastening or the like, a socket member having a plate provided with an opening having walls upon all of its sides, a bracket member extending into said socket member, and a wedge-key fitting in said opening and engaging said socket member and said bracket member; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of January, 1902.

BENJAMIN H. JONES.

Witnesses:

GALES P. MooRE, GEORGE BAKEWELL. 

